Beginners Guide to Using a USB Flash Drive - Ask a Tech #70

We get a lot of questions from viewers about how to use a USB flash drive. We have covered this topic before in other episodes of the GuruBrew (see link below) but thought we would repeat the process of copying, deleting, viewing and moving in hopes of filling in the missing answers for some lingering questions.

Your Name: Vernon R P
Title of Question: transferring from photo gallery to flash drive

The Question: Steve..i am 75 years old..can you help.. getting a new puter. but trying to transfer from photo gallery(windows vista) to flash drive. I'm messing up something. The flash drive I'm using has pictures already in the drive and it will read them off but when i go to put the new ones on, I'm failing. what did I do wrong? Oh please help..computer techs charged me and it came back a mess. no cd drive working , no explorer browser will load so using Firefox now. So new puter to buy but I need pics off this dang old one. sincerely, Patricia

Other Useful Flash Drive Videos From GuruBrew:

USB Flash Drive - Beginners Guide of How to Select and Use

Flash Drive Not Working Properly - Ask A Tech #17:

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[gabriallefleming]

Thank you so much for making it simple. So many of us older people just don't know a lot of the basics, and it's nice to have someone to explain it in detail.

[ltlpaa]

You do a better job of explaining than 99.9% of all the others. The others almost always go way too fast. Thank you so much!!!!

[plbertwell]

You do better at explaining technical questions better than anyone else I have ever watched!!
Thank you!

[frankcorreira]

For an 83 year old that has been looking to use a USB I hit the jackpot when I discovered your video. Excellent jog of explaining the process. Great! Thank you. Frank

[haletow]

Thank you GuruBrew 2. I'm glad there's folks like you willing to teach the rest of us. I followed your instructions, and it worked. I really appreciate you. You are a Godsend.

[TheWaywardpilgrim]

I have been wanting to do this for a couple of years, literally. Thank you ever so much for this precise, clear, and easy to understand tutorial!

[moralesmorales]

This is clearly your gift. The way you explained step-by-step, so slowly was what I liked best I have never been able to watch videos without changing the speed everyone else talks so fast, and I have to watch the videos over and over along with pausing which causes so much confusion for me with you. I didn’t have to do that . I wish more were like you. You’re a great educator. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[christinesawyer]

Thank you SO much for a clear and complete description of this topic. Such a breath of fresh air compared to the rapid and confusing deliveries we "non-techies" are usually subject to. Thanks again!

[jodcindy]

Thank you VERY much for disseminating this information slowly and calmly. I have taken MANY computer classes over the years but I still have a problem understanding this stuff. Your teaching style is excellent and very much appreciated.

[joycederberg]

Thanks so much! I'm not very computer savvy and this really helped me and two other girls in the office. You have become my personal computer guru!!!

[j.fanning]

Nice job explaining the basics of using a USB flash drive. I liked learning how to select multiple items with holding down the control key and copying them all at once to the flash drive. Thanks for this helpful computer info.

[annadean]

Hi. Thank you so much for helping a 70 yr old lady to understand and use my 1st flash drive. I love to learn new things and you have made this so easy and clear for me.
You are worth your weight in gold. Thanks x

[gordstewart]

Finally, someone doing a tutorial that doesn't leave out crucial steps in their dialogue or using terms only techies understand. Keep up your great work. Thank you.

[backroadhustler]

I have watched a number of your videos and and I would just like to let you know that I wish everybody would make videos like yours very detailed, short and to the point. Keep up the good work you are appreciated. thanks for helping

[naejackson]

In all my searching I have not found one person that was easier to understand than this gentleman. Thank you.

[ronbattiston]

Thanks! Actually I thought I was pretty good with computers and have been using them for decades but to my surprise I learned a few very useful things from this one!! You have a very good ability to describe how computers work!!

[davelick]

I just happened upon your site, and I am glad I did. It was a very informative clip. Now I understand flash drives. I feel comfortable enough to use them now. Thanks Dave

[petergobbelet]

Thanks so much, it was a great refresher course! As you get older you forget the simplest devices!

[norrisgriffin]

Sir, You are a breath of fresh air to a 76 year old, frustrated, long time struggIing 'beginner'. I wanted to express so many things in this message but I didn't want to use the wrong terms so, to be safe, I read the comments. And I immediately realized everything I wanted to convey to you had already been expressed. So by way of the commenters first names, the following spoke my mind precisely: grace h, Joy A, Dorothy, Stephan, streeteats, Ross, Snow, Charlotte, Joy C and the next 17 entries, which were the remaining ones I viewed. Center stage goes to Barrie, Gregory and Charlotte! Thank you, on behalf of myself, and others, especially my fellow discouraged, senior citizens for turning on that big, beautiful, bright spotlight "at the end of the tunnel".

[snowthorner]

I love your slow, easy going style...Thanks, Vernon...You rock!